Hat-pin for ladies&#39; hats.



M. JOLAK.

HAT PIN FOR LADIES HATS.

APPLICATLON FILED SEPT. 18. 1915.

l 1 89,695. Patented July 4, 1916.

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HAT-PIN FOR Lamas HATS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed'september 18, 1915. SerialNo. 51,313.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MICHEL JoLAK, a citizen of theUnited States, and a resident of New York city, borough of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefullm provements in Hat-Pins for Ladies Hats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hat pins used for ladies hats.

The sharp hat pin protruding from a ladys hat has been a source of danger and some attempts have been made to provide caps for the point and other devices to minimize the danger.

The present invention has for its object to provide a hat pin of such form which eliminates the sharp protruding point and also secures the hat more firmly than the hat pins hitherto used.

Another object is to provide a hat pin which is permanently attached to the hat and will not become lost.

A further object is to provide an adjustment to fit different sizes and styles of hats.

In the drawing illustrating the preferred forms of this invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hat upon a womans head, a portion of the hat being broken away to illustrate the interior showing the spiral engaged in the hair. Fig. 2 is an elevation partly in section illustrating on an enlarged scale the hat pin and the adjusting nut attached to the fragment of the crown of the hat. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the pin and thumb nut illustrated in Fig. 2.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the hat pin comprises a shank 10 terminating at the bottom into a spiral 11 which is adapted to be turned so as to engage the hair at the crown of the head. In the mode of hair dress adopted by most women, the hair is thickest at the crown and will offer a good anchorage for the spiral pinl I contemplate to attach my improved hat pin permanently to the crown of the hat and provide suitable means at the exterior for manipulating the pin so as to engage and disengage the spiral with the hair. To form a mounting for the pin in the hat, as shown in Fig. 2, I provide an eyelet 12 in the crown of the hat and attach to the pin two portions 13 and 14 of a head or thumb piece by which the pin is manipulated. This thumb piece can be located upon the shank 10 in any required adjustment as follows: The lower portion 13 of the head 1s formedwith a bore through which the shank passes and is provided with the flan e portion 11 disposed at the interior of t e hat and a central screw portion 15 having a tapered thread extending through the eyelet 12 to the exterior of the hat. This screw portion ispreferably split at 16 so as to look upon the shank 10 when the nut is threaded over it.

The nut or thumb portion 17 has a thread corresponding to the thread of the screw portion 14 and is screwed onto the same to clamp it to the shank. At the same time a bearing is formed between the flange 14 of the interior member 13 and the lower end 18 of the nut 14: which bearing engages loosely the eyelet 12 to permit the rotation of the thumb piece and the pin.

To prevent the unscrewing of the nut, I form the latter with a slot 19 intowhich the upper end 20 of the shank may be bent to seat therein. Itwill be clear, of course, that the thumb piece 17 may be adjusted at any desired height upon the shank 10 to conform to the size and style of the hat and the style of hair dress adopted by the wearer. Any surplus length of the shank can be cut off plrior to turning over the end 20 into the s ot.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a hat pin which does not require a sharp point projecting from the hat. In fact, the end of the spiral may be quite blunt as it does not have to pierce the hat as in the ordinary hat pin but merely engages the hair. Furthermore, the pin is permanently attached to the hat and cannot get lost. The little thumb piece at the crown of the hat may be made in any desired ornamental fashion to enhance the artistic appearance of the hat.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A hat pin for ladies hats comprising a shank formed with a spiral to engage with the hair, a two-part thumb piece having eX- terior and interior portions to loosely engage the exterior and interior of the hat, and means for permanently securing the thumb piece to the shank in adjusted position thereon.

2. A hat pin for ladies hats comprising a member to engage the hair, a thumb piece adjustably secured thereon in accordance Patented July 4, 1916.

with the size of the hat, said thumb piececomprising a portion adapted to engage the interior of the hat, and a threaded portion extending to the exterior of the hat and a nut threaded on said exterior portion to clam the same against the hair engaging mem er, thethumb piece and said member being rotatable together to cause the engagement of the member with the hair.

3. A hat pin for ladies hats comprising a shank having a spiral for engaging the hair, a split taper-threaded screw member mounted on the shank at the interior of the hat and a nut at the exterior of the hat threaded upon the projecting portion of the screw member to clamp the latter to the shank, said nut serving as a thumb piece to rotate the shank to engage and disengage the spiral with the hair.

4:;A hat pin for ladies hats comprising a shank having a 'spiral for engaging the hair, a split taper-threaded screw member mounted on the shank at the interior of the hat anda nut at the exterior of the hat threaded upon the projecting portion of the copies on. this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

